World Court Delays U.S. Executions of 5 Mexicans
One of the five on death row, Jose Medellin, is due to die on August 5 in Texas.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The World Court on Wednesday ordered the United States to do everything necessary to ensure five Mexicans on death row are not executed before the court makes a judgment in a dispute between the two countries.
One of the five on death row, Jose Medellin, is due to die on August 5 in Texas.
In 2004 the World Court found in favor of Mexico and ruled the United States had violated international law by failing to inform 51 Mexicans sentenced to death of their right to consular assistance and ordered the cases should be reviewed. In 2005 U.S. President George W. Bush directed state courts to do so but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in March that Bush had no authority to do this, leading Texas to schedule Medellin's execution for August.
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Screw the Hague
Excuse my ignorance, but can anybody tell me which treaty it was that gave the World Court jurisdiction in Texas state business?Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg seems to think we should follow International Law.
Excuse my ignorance, but can anybody tell me which treaty it was that gave the World Court jurisdiction in Texas state business?Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg seems to think we should follow International Law.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The U.N.'s highest court ordered U.S. authorities on Wednesday to do everything possible to halt the executions of five Mexicans in Texas until their cases are reviewed.
The Bush administration has unsuccessfully tried to get Texas courts to review the cases and said it expected the World Court's order to have little impact.
The World Court told U.S. authorities in 2004 to review the cases of 51 Mexicans sentenced to death by state courts after finding they had been denied the right to seek help from consular officials.
The World Court has no enforcement powers but President Bush issued a directive to the Texas courts to abide by the 2004 ruling. The state courts refused to review the cases and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in March that the president cannot compel the state courts to comply.
Mexico turned again to the U.N. court in The Hague last month, arguing that the United States was defying the 2004 World Court order and asking the judges to issue an emergency injunction to stop the killings of five men whose executions were imminent.
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All 5 mezikns along with crime scene photos should be marched out in front of the news cameras. They should read the jury findings and the judges sentencing while the cameras take in the pictures. Then they should read the world courts opinion, wipe their asses with it and shoot all 5 of the useless cocksuckers dead right there live and in color. Then a helicopter that is sitting there should be used to deport the remains to a Mexican garbage dump for proper disposal.
Bellinger said that the World Court has limited powers over U.S. states or federal authorities in Washington.
"It does not have technical legal effect in the United States that would ... have a direct impact either on the United States or on Texas itself," he said.
All 5 mezikns along with crime scene photos should be marched out in front of the news cameras. They should read the jury findings and the judges sentencing while the cameras take in the pictures. Then they should read the world courts opinion, wipe their asses with it and shoot all 5 of the useless cocksuckers dead right there live and in color. Then a helicopter that is sitting there should be used to deport the remains to a Mexican garbage dump for proper disposal.